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On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of how archaeologists recover different types of evidence.
2. Review the range of methods used in archaeological investigation.
3. Visit an archaeological site or museum exhibition and be able to adopt an archaeological perspective to what they experience.
4. Construct an essay on a topic in archaeology.
Introduction: what is archaeology?
How did people in the past live with materials, and which materials survive?
How do we find archaeological landscapes?
How do we investigate archaeological landscapes?
How were societies organised?
What were living conditions like?
How did people change and shape their environments?
What did people look like, and what foods did they eat?
What happened at the end of their lives?
Using the past to understand the present.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 12 |
Tutorial | 6 |
Field Trip/External Visits | 8 |
Specified Learning Activities | 50 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 24 |
Total | 100 |
None
Learning Exclusions:None
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Fortnightly online MCQ test (10 questions per test) | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 10 |
Essay: Essay (1500 words) | Week 11 | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Project: Project based on museum object (750 words) | Week 5 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Fortnightly Multiple Choice Quiz: feedback on completion of each quiz. Week 5 Project: written feedback 3 weeks after submission deadline. Week 11 Essay: written feedback after submission deadline (beginning of following semester).
Name | Role |
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Professor Joanna Bruck | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |